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Endoscopy 2002; 34(12): 1014-1017
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-35836
Case Report

© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Adenocarcinoma Arising from an Ectopic Pancreas in the Stomach

H.  Y.  Jeong 1 , H.  W.  Yang 1 , S.  W.  Seo 1 , J.  K.  Seong 1 , B.  K.  Na 1 , B.  S.  Lee 1 , G.  S.  Song 2 , H.  S.  Park 1 , H.  Y.  Lee 1
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastrointestinology, Chung Nam National University, Jung Gu, Korea
  • 2Department of Pathology, Division of Gastrointestinology, Chung Nam National University, Jung Gu, Korea
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Submitted: 24 February 2002

Accepted after Revision: 29 May 2002

Publication Date:
02 December 2002 (online)

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Ectopic pancreas is rare, being found in between 0.6 % and 15 % at autopsy. Heterotopic pancreas is usually an asymptomatic condition which is found incidentally at surgery or at autopsy. Occasionally, significant symptoms arise from complications, such as recurrent upper gastrointestinal bleeding, biliary or intestinal obstruction, or malignant degeneration. Malignant change is very rare. We report a case of malignant change (adenocarcinoma) in an ectopic pancreas in the stomach. In the literature, there are eight reported cases of malignant change in ectopic gastric pancreas. The prognosis in the other reported cases is unknown, but in our patient, the tumor was confined to the muscle of the stomach and there was no lymph node invasion.

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H. Y. Jeong, M.D.

Department of Internal Medicine · Chung Nam University

Dae Sa Dong 640 · Dae Jeon City · Jung Gu · Korea

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Email: jeonghy@cnuh.co.kr